RDI and China Workers International Travel Service discuss deepening cooperation

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Updated: 2019-07-12 20:30

Director Zhao Baige (Right), vice-chairman of the 12th National People's Congress foreign affairs committee and chairman of the RDI and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences international think tank committees, meets with Zhao Shihong (Left), Party secretary of China Workers International Travel Service, at the Ritan Hotel in Beijing on July 9. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

On the morning of July 9, director Zhao Baige, vice-chairman of the 12th National People's Congress foreign affairs committee and chairman of the RDI and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences international think tank committees, met with Zhao Shihong, Party secretary of China Workers International Travel Service, and his colleagues at the Ritan Hotel in Beijing.

Their discussion proved to be a pragmatic and in-depth talk on tourism development along the Belt and Road and international cultural exchange and cooperation.

During the discussion, Zhao Baige said that since its establishment in 2015, RDI has promoted international cooperation and research on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), made suggestions on national strategic objectives, insisted on exchanges with leading figures, experts and scholars, and submitted research reports that have won support and praise.

RDI attaches great importance to serving global development by tapping, cultivating and recommending enterprises and technologies, he said.

Director Zhao Baige said that the BRI and the rapid development of interconnection will promote cooperation in international tourism, provide more space for the development of Belt and Road tourism, and bring new opportunities for cultural tourism and international cooperation and exchange.

For countries along the Belt and Road, we should seize the opportunity, strengthen tourism cooperation, and cultivate and guide the export of tourism, he said.

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan for example, as important countries along the Belt and Road, are also important points on the ancient Silk Road and play an important role in promoting Silk Road culture and inheriting the route’s civilization, he said.

Under the BRI, countries should not only cooperate economically but also comprehensively in tourism, culture, and education, and strive to achieve a higher level of mutually beneficial and win-win development, he said.

Director Zhao Baige, Party Secretary and his colleagues have an in-depth talk on tourism development along the Belt and Road and international cultural exchange and cooperation. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Party Secretary Zhao Shihong, on behalf of the head office of the China Workers International Travel Service, thanked Zhao Baige for attending the forum.

Zhao Shihong gave a detailed introduction to the head office of the China Workers International Travel Service, as well as the organization’s systems, history, business status and service areas.

He said that he strongly agreed with strengthening cooperation in tourism, culture and education along the Belt and Road countries, and as a central enterprise, China International Travel Service should play a central role in this.

In recent years, the China Workers International Travel Service has worked with the cultures of countries along the Belt and Road, launched a series of Belt and Road international tourism routes, enhanced mutual understanding and people-to-people bonds in countries along the route, and created a strong international environment for the further promotion of the Belt and Road strategy, he said.

In the future, China Workers International Travel Service will continue to give full play to the unique advantages of tourism in cultural exchange, relying on the intellectual strength of RDI to make greater contributions to the construction of Belt and Road, he said.

Director Zhao Baige presented RDI’s annual report in Chinese and English to Party secretary Zhao Shihong. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

At the forum, director Zhao Baige presented RDI’s annual report in Chinese and English to Party secretary Zhao Shihong. Wang Zongchang, deputy general manager of China Workers International Travel Service and general manager of the Ritan Hotel, Zhang Boyuan, consultant of China Workers International Travel Service, Yan Zhihong, manager of the Beijing Branch of China Workers International Travel Service and personnel from RDI participated in the discussion.

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